[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: dpkg-sig support wanted?



On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Marc Haber wrote:

> >In the archive, 525 out of 283283 .deb's are dpkg-sig'd (0.19%). There
> >are 8 distinct keys used for those 525 .deb's, seven of which correspond
> >to DD's[1].
>
> So, most of the DD's do not care about security at all. Why does
> Debian have a reputation of being so secure?

Ah, you're a gloom-and-doomer.

There's been no push.  No default.  No message saying that it's acceptable and
wanted to sign debs.

Most people(not just DD) take the defaults, the easy way out.  These numbers
will increase when the default is to sign.



Reply to: